Food
What symbolic foods do you eat on Rosh Hashanah? (4 types)
Apples and honey, fish heads, dates, pomegranate seeds
What animal horn are shofars typically made from?
A Rams Horn
How do you wish people a happy new year in Hebrew?
Shana Tova
What is Rosh Hashanah the birth of?
The earth
What does Rosh Hashanah represent?
The new year!
What does Apples and Honey Represent?
Apples and Honey represent a sweet new year
How many times is the shofar blown?
100 times
What Hebrew month does Rosh Hashanah fall in?
Tishrei
What does Tashlich mean?
Throw away
How many days apart are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
10 days
What does the fish head symbolize?
Rosh Hashanah translates to "head of the year"
Which animal horn is NEVER used to make a shofar for Rosh Hashanah?
A bull
What are you supposed to do in the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
Reflect on your year and apologize for anything bad you've done
When do we do tashlich?
Second day of Rosh Hashana
Why is the Challah we eat on Rosh Hashanah round?
it symbolizes the cycle of time
Why are Pomegranates eaten on Rosh Hashanah?
Because the many seeds remind us of the 613 Mitzvot in the Torah
What modern instrument does the shofar most resemble in sound and structure?
The bugel
What are the three sounds of the shofar?
Tkiah, Teruah, Sh'varim
What special prayer book that we use on Rosh Hashana Called?
Machzor
What is the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur called?
Shuva
Which food is customarily not eaten on Rosh Hashanah?
Nuts
Nuts tend to increase saliva making it difficult to pray.
What was the shofar originally used for?
It was used to summon troops to battle
What is another Hebrew name for Rosh Hashanah? (Hint: theres 2!)
Yom Hazikaron and Yom Teruah
What is the time between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur called?
Aseret Yemei Teshuva
How many scrolls are taken from the ark for the reading of the torah on Rosh Hashanah?
2